This Isn’t Just a New XG Single, It’s a Complete Reinvention

On 13 September, XGALX‘s website and every social account simply vanished. No explanation, no warning, just gone. Fans spent a full day speculating. Today, they found out why: XG is releasing new music for the first time in nearly a year, and the label behind them isn’t the same company it was last week.

XG has confirmed their new digital single “DEPENDS“, dropping on 6 November, their first new release since “THE CORE – 核“, the group’s debut full album that hit the Top 100 of the US Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard JAPAN’s Hot Albums chart in January. The announcement lands just a day after XG’s first-ever appearance at Rock In Japan Festival 2026, a full-band performance in Chiba that electrified the crowd, and comes alongside something bigger: XGALX, the label and entertainment brand behind XG, has officially rebranded.

The new tagline says plainly what the blackout was building toward: “Genuine Art Lives. Lives Create Culture“.

XGALX describes the shift as a full reset, moving on from its previous philosophy and rebuilding around a structure centred on artists themselves, with the same key staff who built the label staying on for this next chapter. Every part of the operation, music, management, marketing, is now expanding with a more explicitly global focus.

“DEPENDS” itself picks up that same tension between certainty and doubt. The song follows someone moving forward without having every answer, refusing to force a clean yes or no onto feelings that are still unresolved: “I still don’t know myself” and “I’m still searching”. That uncertainty gets folded into the title itself – “It depends” – a phrase used to hold space for not knowing, rather than pretending to.

The single lands in the middle of a genuinely relentless year. XG became the first Japanese artist ever to perform at Capital’s Summertime Ball in London in June, followed by their first Fuji Rock Festival appearance in July, second-headliner billing at LA’s Head In The Clouds Festival in August, and now Rock In Japan in September. They’re also mid-way through their second world tour, “XG WORLD TOUR: THE CORE,” 35 shows across Asia, Europe, Australia and North America, closing out with a four-show finale across two nights each at Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome Osaka in February 2027.

Beyond music, each member has spent the year building serious fashion credentials: JURIA covered SPUR as part of the Dior family, COCONA appeared across ELLE JAPON, MiLK MAGAZINE Hong Kong and Harper’s Bazaar Japan as a GUCCI ambassador, JURIN covered SPUR and Numéro TOKYO, and CHISA landed her first-ever cover with Numéro TOKYO.

Music, live performance, fashion and culture have all become part of XG’s expanding world. Now, with “DEPENDS” and a newly reimagined XGALX behind them, the group enters its next chapter without pretending to have all the answers.

Sometimes, the answer is simply: it depends.

About XG

XG (Xtraordinary Genes) is a seven-member artist group consisting of JURIN, CHISA, HINATA, HARVEY, JURIA, MAYA, and COCONA.

Unbound by innate attributes or predefined frameworks, XG unleashes the power and creativity that lie within each individual’s core. By continuously creating new culture without being constrained by convention, XG seeks to empower people across the world from all walks of life.

XG debuted in March 2022 with their 1st single “Tippy Toes.” They achieved numerous global accomplishments, including becoming the first Japanese artist to rank number one on the US Billboard chart “Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter” and gracing the cover of US “Billboard” magazine. Their 2nd mini-album “AWE,” released in November 2024, made its first appearance on the US Billboard album chart “Billboard 200.” From 2024, they held their first world tour, “XG 1st WORLD TOUR ‘The first HOWL’,” with 47 performances in 35 cities worldwide, attracting approximately 400,000 people. At the tour final performance held at Tokyo Dome on May 14, 2025, they captivated an audience of approximately 50,000. In April 2025, they were the only Japanese artists to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, one of America’s largest music festivals, headlining the Sahara Stage and receiving high praise from numerous domestic and international media outlets. On January 23, 2026, they released their 1st full album, “THE CORE – 核,” which became their first entry into the Top 100 of the US Billboard album chart, “Billboard 200.” From February of the same year, they began their 2nd World Tour, “XG WORLD TOUR: THE CORE.” On June 6, 2026, they became the first Japanese artists to perform at Capital’s Summertime Ball 2026, one of the UK’s largest music festivals, and became the first Japanese artist group to perform at Wembley Stadium.